Improvement in corsets



M.ADLER. Corset.

No. 201,978. Patented April 2, 1878.

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'NITED STATES PATENT FFI'CE.

MAX ADLER, OF NEW HAVEN., CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO STROUSE & CO., OF SAME PLACE.

MAYER,

IMPROVEMENT IN CORSETS.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 201,978, dated April 2, 187B; application iiled March 4, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MAX ADLER, of New Haven, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented anew Improvement in Corsets; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specication, and represent, in-

Figiue l, aperspective view; and Fig. 2, detached parts, which form one-half the corset.

This invention relates to an improvement in the method of cutting corsets with a View to saving material and produing a perfect form; and it consists in the several parts of the shape shown and described, which together form one-half the corset. Each half is cut in several pieces, each marked, respectively, l 2 3 4 5 6 7 in Fig. 2. The part 1, forming the front, is cut expanding slightly from the top to the point a, and thence downward to the bottom, the point a being the lower point of the first gore, 2, the corresponding edge of which is stitched to the irst part from the top down to the point a. The third part is curved or slightly expanding on both edges from the top down to the points d, which is the lower point of the gores. .The opposite edge of the first gore, 2, is stitched to the corresponding portion of the part 3, and from that point downward the two parts l and 3 are stitched together. The second gore, 4, is stitched to the part 3 on the opposite edge from the gore 2, and the The herein-described corset, each half of d which is composed of the parts 1 2 3 4 5 6 7, constructed and arranged as described.

MAX ADLER. Witnesses:

JOHN E. EARLE, H. A. KrrsoN. 

